DARDENNE PRAIRIE, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper killed last week in an on-duty crash is being remembered as a dedicated law enforcer guided by his spirituality.

Hundreds of mourners attended Friday’s services for James Bava in the St. Louis suburb of Dardenne Prairie, including Gov. Jay Nixon and dozens of fellow state troopers.

The patrol has said the 25-year-old trooper died in the single-vehicle crash Aug. 28 while chasing a speeding motorcyclist in northeast Missouri’s Audrain County.

Bava’s older brother, Joshua Bava of the O’Fallon police force, told mourners that his late sibling was his best friend and hero.

Nixon has ordered flags statewide to fly at half-staff Friday.

Bava became a trooper in July 2013.